- Ektagraphic
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Re: Whats the worst typewriter you have used?
Funny question! I would have to say a Royal Safari. I have one, and I really despise the thing. It may just need some work, but it doesn't seem like it does- it just seems like it is not very good.
- JanetLand
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Re: Whats the worst typewriter you have used?
I dislike all typewriters that have the backspace on the left side the keyboard.
- Uwe
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Re: Whats the worst typewriter you have used?
Ektagraphic wrote:
Funny question! I would have to say a Royal Safari.
Which Safari? There were a few very different Royal models that were given the Safari name over the years.
The pronoun I has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
- TypewriterGuy
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@Uwe Thats what I meant, forgot to say except the desktops. The desktops were built good, it was those ultra portables.
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Thread Starter- Fleetwing
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Re: Whats the worst typewriter you have used?
I dislike all typewriters that have the backspace on the left side the keyboard.
Hah! To me, having the backspace on the left is the logical spot for it (and the same holds true for the margin release). I guess it's what you're used to -- and I think American typewriters generally have the backspace on the left; margin release on the right.
- ztyper
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Re: Whats the worst typewriter you have used?
I don't usually care where the backspace is. I've gotten so used to it being on the left, that I sometimes just hit margin release when going back to the Olympias and my computer!
EDIT: I realize that there is no margin release on a computer. I meant to say caps lock... 
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A high schooler with a lot of typewriters. That's pretty much about it.
- Adventurer
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Re: Whats the worst typewriter you have used?
Helios/Ultima for sure - I have about 50 machines, and this is by far the worst of them. First, who's smart idea was to use THREE (!) shift keys for entering 80 characters, second, it is more workout than typing. 30 minutes, and you are already sweating heavily, hands are hurting, and you have not finished half of page yet. Not a surprise this was not a popular machine:
Heavily infected with typewriter aquisition syndrome... Please help!
- Typewriterlv
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Re: Whats the worst typewriter you have used?
i don't know about worst but i'm not a big fan of the super portables with the plastic bodies. there is a hollowness to them that feels very unsteady when i type.
- TypewriterGuy
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@Adventurer Where did you get that??? Thats a pretty cool typewriter.
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@Adventurer Where did you get that??? Thats a pretty cool typewriter.
Ebay, some time ago. Not the cheapest price though...
Heavily infected with typewriter aquisition syndrome... Please help!
